Burrowing bettongs returned to outback decades after local extinction
A football-sized relative of kangaroos, the burrowing bettong once thrived across much of Australia’s arid and semi-arid interior. Then, within a century of European settlement, the marsupials vanished from most of the mainland. Like many native animals, the population was decimated by feral cats and foxes. A baby burrowing bettong trapped in one of the…